Gérard de Nooijer
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Gérard de Nooijer is a retired football (soccer)
defender
from the Netherlands
, who played for Sparta Rotterdam
(1988–1998), SC Heerenveen (1998–2003), Feyenoord Rotterdam
(2003–2004) and FC Dordrecht
(2004–2005). He is the twin
brother of striker Dennis de Nooijer
, who also played professional football during the late 1980s and 1990s.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
defender
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, who played for Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....
(1988–1998), SC Heerenveen (1998–2003), Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...
(2003–2004) and FC Dordrecht
FC Dordrecht
FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.- History :Founded on 16 August 1883 as Dordrechtsche Football Club , it became a professional club in 1954 upon the introduction of professional football to the Netherlands...
(2004–2005). He is the twin
Twin
A twin is one of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic , meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two separate sperm.In contrast, a fetus...
brother of striker Dennis de Nooijer
Dennis de Nooijer
Dennis de Nooijer is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who played for Sparta Rotterdam , SC Heerenveen , NEC Nijmegen and FC Dordrecht...
, who also played professional football during the late 1980s and 1990s.